Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust

Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust

Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust (TMMTT) was established to 'encourage and provide for education and training of Māori in the skills required for the care and display of taonga Māori'. In particular, the Trust Deed refers to 'the training of Māori as curators, conservators and other officers whose jobs involve the care and/or display of taonga Māori'. The Trust fund is derived from the profits of the Te Māori Exhibition, which toured the United States of America from 1984-1987 and the Te Hokinga Mai tour of New Zealand. The Trust does not receive any annual funding from Government.

In September 2015, the Trust was relaunched with a changed Trust Deed that broadens the functions and purpose of the Trust – a new entity for the future of taonga Māori.